{"id":49621,"date":"2025-06-08T10:54:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:54:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-05T23:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T05:19:13","slug":"cve-2025-1884-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-solidworks-edrawings-leads-to-potential-system-compromise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1884-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-solidworks-edrawings-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-1884: Use-After-Free Vulnerability in SOLIDWORKS eDrawings Leads to Potential System Compromise<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the world of 3D design and modeling, SOLIDWORKS is a name that needs no introduction. Unfortunately, a significant vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1884, has been discovered in the eDrawings component of the popular SOLIDWORKS Desktop 2025 software. The vulnerability, a Use-After-Free issue in the SLDPRT file reading procedure, poses a considerable risk to both individual users and organizations. If exploited, this flaw could allow an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48828-arbitrary-php-code-execution-in-vbulletin-via-template-conditionals\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55750\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>, leading to severe consequences like system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-1884<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS Score: 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41651-critical-system-compromise-due-to-missing-authentication\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55908\">System compromise<\/a>, potential data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2122904930\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>SOLIDWORKS Desktop | 2025<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6971-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-solidworks-edrawings-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88619\">SOLIDWORKS eDrawings<\/a> | Associated with SOLIDWORKS Desktop 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27010-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-bslthemes-tastyc-leading-to-php-local-file-inclusion\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55813\">vulnerability resides in the eDrawings component\u2019s SLDPRT file<\/a> reading procedure. When a specially crafted SLDPRT file is opened, it triggers a Use-After-Free condition. This condition occurs when an object in memory is used after it has been released, leading to either a system crash or, in more severe cases, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3357-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ibm-tivoli-monitoring\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56411\">execution of arbitrary code<\/a>. In this case, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code, potentially gaining control of the system or leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48383-django-select2-vulnerability-risking-data-leakage-and-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56101\">data leakage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-650783786\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45997-exploiting-file-upload-vulnerability-in-web-based-pharmacy-product-management-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58181\">vulnerability could be exploited<\/a>. A malicious actor creates a specially crafted SLDPRT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4800-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-masterstudy-lms-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56491\">file containing arbitrary<\/a> code. The user then opens this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1883-out-of-bounds-write-vulnerability-in-solidworks-edrawings-obj-file-reading-procedure\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"58180\">file in SOLIDWORKS eDrawings<\/a>. The malicious code is executed, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32309-potential-system-compromise-due-to-remote-file-inclusion-in-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56226\">potential system compromise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">$ echo &quot;arbitrary_code&quot; &gt; malicious.sldprt\n$ file malicious.sldprt\nmalicious.sldprt: SOLIDWORKS eDrawings document, version 2025<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This example is vastly simplified and for illustrative purposes only. In reality, the crafting of a malicious SLDPRT file would involve many more complex steps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best way to mitigate the risk associated with CVE-2025-1884 is to apply the vendor-provided patch immediately. Until the patch can be applied, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. It&#8217;s also recommended to avoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-41691-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-os4ed-open-source-information-system-community\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64162\">opening SLDPRT files from unknown sources<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the world of 3D design and modeling, SOLIDWORKS is a name that needs no introduction. Unfortunately, a significant vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-1884, has been discovered in the eDrawings component of the popular SOLIDWORKS Desktop 2025 software. The vulnerability, a Use-After-Free issue in the SLDPRT file reading procedure, poses a considerable risk to both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-49621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49621"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81432,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49621\/revisions\/81432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=49621"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=49621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}